The Great Minnesota Get Together

It's that time of year again to walk arm and arm, shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people in 90+ degrees, eating high calorie, artery clogging food on a stick...yes... it's state fair time. Besides the food, some of our traditional fair stops include: the MN Twins' whiffle ball stadium, the FSN tent, the skyline ride, the picture booth & the swine barn (MN's largest boar).

Andrew playing whiffle ball at the Twins' whiffle ball stadium.

Andrew receiving special instructions from Tony Oliva.

This is one big pig!

We listened to Paulette Roorda sing with her Christian band at the Chapel.

Face painting at the U of M booth.

Joe Mauer flew in from his game in Seattle to say hi to me.

Dorks

Andrew watched as Dan and Aaron did a short sports segment at the FSN booth. Dan thinks FSN is going to call and offer him a job :-)

Skyline view... this is the first thing Andrew and I do each year at the fair.

Someone was a little tuckered out after his fair outing.

Three and half years in the making

After two community ed classes, a day sewing with Lori (each happening in different years) and countess hours in between, I finally finished Aaron's t-Shirt quilt. It was a lot of fun reminiscing about each t-shirt. It is my hope to whip up another quilt for Aaron for graduation. If that quilt takes me as long as this quilt, I'm already behind schedule. Of course, Drew wants to know when I will start his quilt.....

Wadena's Sunnybrook 5K Stomp

On Saturday, I ran in Wadena's 5K Sunnybrook Stomp. I truely can say I ran in this race.... I never walked once! I finished the race in either 29:43 or 30:43. A real runner would have worn a a watch that would say how fast she ran and would have checked her time before she left. But I'm just a wanna-be-runner who just finished her third race ever.

Dan came with to cheer me on and to snap a few photos.

150 meters left......